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lb:vampires [2026-01-20 14:00:04] – [Kumo Desu ga, nani ka] ninjasrlb:vampires [2026-02-28 18:44:54] (current) – [Vampires] ninjasr
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 ====== Vampires ====== ====== Vampires ======
-**Vampires** are blood-sucking creatures from mythology and folklore from all over the place, though I don't (yet) know where the first vampires showed up...the modern iteration started sometime in the...17th century? I'll have to check.\\+<div subtitle> 
 +{{tag>mythology}} 
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 +<dfn>Vampires</dfn> are blood-sucking creatures from mythology and folklore from all over the place, though I don't (yet) know where the first vampires showed up...the modern iteration started sometime in the...17th century? I'll have to check. 
 Oh, right, half-vampires half-humans are called [[playground:dhampirs]]. Oh, right, half-vampires half-humans are called [[playground:dhampirs]].
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 [[lb:wnotes:vampires]] [[lb:wnotes:vampires]]
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 ===== Description & Notes ===== ===== Description & Notes =====
 I'll add their origin notes <del>a bit</del> later. Coincidentally, just like with [[lb:succubus|succubi]], I can rely on //Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite//. I'll add their origin notes <del>a bit</del> later. Coincidentally, just like with [[lb:succubus|succubi]], I can rely on //Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite//.
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 It was told to me by a friend that Wendigos are similar to vampires and...yeah, so I put them here. Though I won't expand on this section for now. It was told to me by a friend that Wendigos are similar to vampires and...yeah, so I put them here. Though I won't expand on this section for now.
 ==== Zombies ==== ==== Zombies ====
-The relationship between [[playground:myth:zombie|zombies]] and vampires is interesting in that, as far as I'm concerned, they're basically the same...except zombies are the lamer version of the vampire.\\+The relationship between [[lb:zombie|zombies]] and vampires is interesting in that, as far as I'm concerned, they're basically the same...except zombies are the lamer version of the vampire.\\
 Think about it: both are undead monsters that need to feed on the living. Just that zombies are, at least nowadays, tied to disease more than vampires...and vampires are also much stronger than zombies. Think about it: both are undead monsters that need to feed on the living. Just that zombies are, at least nowadays, tied to disease more than vampires...and vampires are also much stronger than zombies.
 ===== Media Depictions ===== ===== Media Depictions =====
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